US House Speaker Mike Johnson clinches Donald Trump's endorsement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The endorsement from Trump comes at a pivotal moment for Johnson, with Republicans readying to vote on who will lead the lower chamber of Congress on January 3.
49% : Donald Trump threw his support behind Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House, giving the embattled lawmaker a crucial endorsement amid Republican infighting ahead of a vote on Friday.
47% : The Florida lawmaker said he would vacate his House seat after being tapped by Trump to serve as his attorney-general, but later withdrew from consideration for that post.
43% : A deal was eventually reached just ahead of the deadline, but without the debt ceiling provision that Trump had initially demanded.
31% : Trump on Monday implored Republicans to "not blow this great opportunity which we have been given", citing the sweeping victory in the election that not only brought Trump back for a second term in the White House but also gave Republicans control of both chambers of Congress.
6% : Johnson's first attempt at a bipartisan bill to keep the government funded was shot down by Trump and his allies, who criticised it for tacking on billions of dollars in additional spending and other unrelated measures.

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